Angle assembly of an outlet for unidirectional reel

ABSTRACT

An angle assembly of an outlet for reeling out a line of a unidirectional reel is disclosed, in which the tongue of a positioning tongue cover is movably set in the annular track of a guiding rail in operation with a sliding roller on one side of a cap to change the angles of pulling a line. While users draw out the transmission lines, the users can adjust the length of transmission lines reeled in or out and vary the angle of transmission lines being turned, thereby preventing the transmission lines from snap, deformation and friction caused by improperly pulling and dragging, so as to store the transmission lines with ease.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention generally relates to an improved angle assembly ofan outlet for reeling out a line of a unidirectional reel, in which atongue of a positioning tongue cover is movably set in the annular trackof a guiding rail in operation with a sliding roller on one side of acap to change the angles of pulling a line.

DESCRIPTION OF PRIOR ART

As science and technology are progressed ceaselessly, various kinds ofelectronic products are arisen. It is very common to share the dataamong these electronic products through conventional connectedtransmission lines in our daily lives. However, there are someinconveniences in use. For example, while the transmission lines arestored, they are twisted and deformed often. So it is not convenient forusers to carry or use such lines.

The disadvantage of conventional transmission lines lies in thedifficulty in collecting transmission lines well and compactly. Thetransmission line coupled to a connecting port is drawn merely in auni-direction. Inadequate forces usually cause the transmission line tobe bent or even snapped. Consequently, the transmission lines are storedin disorder, and are likely to be bent or broken, leading tointermittent signals.

To achieve above object, the present invention provides an improvedangle assembly of an outlet for reeling out a line of a unidirectionalreel, the assembly comprising: a cap including a fillister and aplurality of tenons surrounding an inner edge of the cap, an extendinghole disposed on one side of the cap, and a sliding roller disposed onone side of the extending hole; a positioning tongue cover covering theinner edge of the cap and including a positioning tongue disposed on aninner edge of the positioning tongue cover and a pair of parallelpillars disposed on the inner edge corresponding to the extending holeof the cap, wherein each pillar includes a sliding roller; a guidingrail in a form of a lid including an annular track, a fastening slot anda positioning trench disposed thereon; a rotating pedestal in a form ofa disk including an axial aperture in a center of the disk, wherein abulged ring and a plurality of tenons are disposed on a surface of thedisk to constitute a vortex spring trench for containing a spiralspring, and another bulged ring is disposed on another surface of thedisk to form a transmission line fixed trench; a bearing plate placed onan inner edge of a socket and including a hollow shaft disposed on asurface of the bearing plate, wherein the hollow shaft is cut to form agroove therein, and the hollow shaft passes through the axial apertureof the rotating pedestal; and the socket including a collar disposedaround the inner edge of the socket corresponding to the cap, aplurality of screw holes and a plurality of fastening slots.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

It is an object of the present invention to provide an improved angleassembly of an outlet for reeling out a line of a unidirectional reel,in which the tongue of a positioning tongue cover is movably set in theannular track of a guiding rail in operation with a sliding roller onone side of the cap to change the angles of pulling a line. While usersdraw out the transmission lines, the users can adjust the length oftransmission lines reeled in or out and vary the angle of transmissionlines being turned, thereby preventing the transmission lines from snap,deformation and friction caused by improperly pulling and dragging, soas to store the transmission lines with ease.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the appearance according to anembodiment of the invention.

FIG. 2 is an exploded diagram of the assembly according to an embodimentof the invention.

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of illustrating the connection of thepositioning tongue and the guiding rail when the transmission line isnot pulled yet according to an embodiment of the invention.

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of illustrating the connection of thepositioning tongue and the guiding rail after the transmission line isdrawn according to an embodiment of the invention.

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of illustrating the combination of slidingrollers slide at multi angles according to an embodiment of theinvention.

FIG. 6 is a schematic view of illustrating the connection ofbefore/after the transmission line is reeled according to an embodimentof the invention.

FIG. 7 is a schematic view of illustrating an embodiment of theinvention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

The foregoing aspects, as well as many of the attendant advantages andfeatures of this invention will become more apparent by reference to thefollowing detailed description, when taken in conjunction with theaccompanying drawings.

Referring FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, an improved angle assembly of an outlet forreeling out a line of a unidirectional reel is provided, the assemblycomprising:

a cap 10 including a fillister 101 and a plurality of tenons 100surrounding the inner edge of the cap 10, and an extending hole 11disposed on one side of the cap 10, wherein at least one sliding roller110 is disposed on one side of the extending hole 11, and the slidingrollers 110 are stacked vertically one another, such that a transmissionline 47 is pulled with ease as the transmission line 47 is placed amongthe sliding rollers 110;

a positioning tongue cover 20 covering the inner edge of the cap 10 andincluding a positioning tongue 21 disposed on the inner edge of thepositioning tongue cover 20 and a pair of parallel pillars 210 disposedon the inner edge corresponding to the extending hole 11 of the cap 10,wherein each pillar 210 includes a sliding roller 211, one end of thepositioning tongue 21 is defined as an axis 212, the other end of thepositioning tongue 21 has a bulged point 213, and the end of thepositioning tongue 21 with the bulged point 213 swings freely by theaxis 212 within the inner edge;

a guiding rail 30 in the form of a lid including an annular track 310, afastening slot 312 and a positioning trench 311 thereon;

a rotating pedestal 40 in the form of a disk including an axial aperture400 in the center of the disk, wherein a bulged ring 41 and a pluralityof tenons 42 are disposed on one surface of the disk, the bulged ring 41is cut into several sections to form a vortex spring trench 43 forcontaining a spiral spring 44, and a bulged ring 45 cut into severalsections is disposed on another surface of the disk, constituting atransmission line fixed trench 46 for containing a curly transmissionline 47;

a bearing plate 50 placed on the inner edge of a socket 60 including ahollow shaft 500 on one surface of the bearing plate 50, wherein thehollow shaft 500 is split up into several grooves 5000, and the hollowshaft 500 is adapted to pass through the axial aperture 400 of therotating pedestal 40; and

the socket 60 including a collar 601 disposed around the inner edge ofthe socket 60 corresponding to the cap 10, a plurality of screw holes602 and a plurality of fastening slots 600.

References are made to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, which are the perspectivediagrams showing the reel assembly is assembled and disassembled,respectively. The reel assembly provided herein includes a cap 10, apositioning tongue cover 20, a guiding rail 30, a rotating pedestal 40,a bearing plate 50, and a socket 60. The positioning tongue cover 20,the guiding rail 30, the bearing plate 50, and the rotating pedestal 40are disposed between the cap 10 and the socket 60. A vortex springtrench 43 is disposed on the rotating pedestal 40 for positioning aspiral spring 44. A transmission line fixed trench 46 is disposedbeneath the rotating pedestal 40 for winding and settling a transmissionline 47. The guiding rail 30 and the rotating pedestal 40 are fastenedtogether. The positioning tongue 21 of the positioning tongue cover 20is movably set in the annular track 310 of the guiding rail 30. Thecurly transmission line 47 is interposed between the transmission linefixed trench 46 and the bearing plate 50. Two ends of the transmissionline 47 are drawn out as two joints. One end of the curly transmissionline 47 about its center with a flat portion L1 is vertically insertedinto the groove 5000 of the hollow shaft 500 on the bearing plate 50,and is extended through the through hole inside the hollow shaft 500.The other end of the transmission line 47 is exposed and fixed on thelower surface of the bearing plate 50 by the clip 51 at the bottom ofthe bearing plate 50.

Referring FIG. 5 and FIG. 6, after the rotating pedestal 40 and thebearing plate 50 are assembled, one end of the transmission line 47 isextended through a connecting hole (not shown) where the bearing plate50 is connected with the transmission line fixed trench 46 of therotating pedestal 40. Subsequently, the end is turned uprightly by trackof the sliding roller 211 of the positioning tongue cover 20, andreaches to the sliding roller 110 on the side of the extending hole 11of the cap 10, so as to form a series of bends with multi angles. Afterthe components described above are assembled, the tenon 100 of the cap10 is lodged in the fastening slot 600 of the socket 60, and the bearingplate 50 is coupled to the positioning tongue cover 20 and fastened byscrews 501. The resultant therefrom is then combined with the assembledcomponents.

FIG. 3 and FIG. 4 are the cross sections showing that the positioningtongue 21 slides along the guiding rail 30 according to a reel assemblyof the invention. As shown, the rotating pedestal 40 and the guidingrail 30 are turned with the reeling of the transmission line 47. Thespiral spring 44 produces an elastic force due to rotation, by which thetransmission line 47 is reeled in automatically. Also, the positioningtongue 21 slides along the annular track 310 owing to the rotation ofthe guiding rail 30. While the transmission line 47 of a predeterminedlength is reeled out and the positioning tongue 21 slips in apositioning trench 311 adjacent to the annular track 310, thetransmission line 47 is kept at the predetermined length. As forcollection, the positioning tongue 21 is moved off the positioningtrench 311 by pulling one end of the transmission line 47; meanwhile, arestoring force from the spiral spring 44 forces the transmission line47 to be drawn back to its home position.

Referring FIG. 7, which illustrates an embodiment of the invention, twoends of the transmission line 47 may be connected to the same ordifferent types of joints M/connections F, such as USB/MiniUSB, RJ45/11,1394, and other equivalent joints M or connections F of electronicproducts. It is flexible for any connection and easy to store and carry.Furthermore, it is allowed to pull the transmission lines at multiangles, and hence the shelf life of transmission lines is prolonged. Theassembly is adapted to complicated connections as well.

It is apparent that the invention is non-obviousness and utility ascompared to the prior art.

The embodiments of the invention possess the following advantages.

1. Storing the transmission lines is easy and does not take spaces.

2. The transmission lines can be pulled at multi angles with respect tothe orientation in which the main body for containing the lines isconnected to the port.

3. It is an economy effect since the aforesaid assembly mates withvarious transmission joints/connections.

4. The transmission lines can be utilized for long periods due to wellstorage.

In summary, the invention is superior to the prior art and not ease toinvent for those well-known. The assembly described herein is not knownto the public, and has utility and novelty. It is appreciated if theapplication is examined and granted.

While the invention has been described in terms of what is presentlyconsidered to be the most practical and preferred embodiments, it is tobe understood that the invention needs not be limited to the disclosedembodiment. On the contrary, it is intended to cover variousmodifications and similar arrangements included within the spirit andscope of the appended claims which are to be accorded with the broadestinterpretation so as to encompass all such modifications and similarstructures.

What is claimed is:
 1. An angle assembly of an outlet for reeling out aline of a unidirectional reel, the assembly comprising: a cap includinga fillister and a plurality of tenons surrounding an inner edge of thecap, an extending hole disposed on one side of the cap, and a slidingroller disposed on one side of the extending hole; a positioning tonguecover covering the inner edge of the cap and including a positioningtongue disposed on an inner edge of the positioning tongue cover and apair of parallel pillars disposed on the inner edge corresponding to theextending hole of the cap, wherein each pillar includes a slidingroller; a guiding rail in a form of a lid including an annular track, afastening slot and a positioning trench disposed thereon; a rotatingpedestal in a form of a disk including an axial aperture in a center ofthe disk, wherein a bulged ring and a plurality of tenons are disposedon a surface of the disk to constitute a vortex spring trench forcontaining a spiral spring, and another bulged ring is disposed onanother surface of the disk to form a transmission line fixed trench; abearing plate placed on an inner edge of a socket and including a hollowshaft disposed on a surface of the bearing plate, wherein the hollowshaft is cut to form a groove therein, and the hollow shaft passesthrough the axial aperture of the rotating pedestal; and the socketincluding a collar disposed around the inner edge of the socketcorresponding to the cap, a plurality of screw holes and a plurality offastening slots.
 2. The assembly of claim 1, wherein at least onesliding roller is disposed on the side of the extending hole of the cap,and the sliding rollers are stacked vertically one another, such that atransmission line is pulled with ease as the transmission line is placedamong the sliding rollers.
 3. The assembly of claim 1, wherein one endof the positioning tongue of the positioning tongue cover has an axis,the other end of the positioning tongue has a bulged point, and the endof the positioning tongue with the bulged point swings freely about theaxis within the inner edge.
 4. The assembly of claim 1, wherein a curlytransmission line is interposed between the transmission line fixedtrench and the socket, and two ends of the transmission line are drawnout as two joints, wherein a joint from the end of the curlytransmission line about its center with a flat portion is verticallyinserted into the groove of the hollow shaft on the bearing plate andextended through a through hole of the hollow shaft, and another jointfrom the other end of the transmission line is exposed and fixed on alower surface of the bearing plate by a clip at a bottom of the bearingplate.
 5. The assembly of claim 4, wherein the hollow shaft is split upinto several grooves.
 6. The assembly of claim 1, wherein the bulgedrings disposed on two surfaces of the rotating pedestal are cut intoseveral sections.
 7. The assembly of claim 4, wherein the two ends ofthe transmission line are connected to same or different types ofjoints/connections, such as USB/MiniUSB, RJ45/11, 1394, or otherequivalent joints or connections of electronic products, and thereby itis flexible for any connection and easy to store and carry, permittingpulling the transmission line at multi angles to prolong shelf life ofthe transmission line, and the assembly is adapted to complicatedconnections as well.